Heated seats stay on...

[Geologist]

As I continue to mourn the loss of my '02 Bauer, I have run into another problem with my '03, which as far as I can tell came straight off of a lemon tree.

The heated seats in the '02 would get up to a nice temperature, then kick off so as not to cook your goose. The '03 heated seats not only do not kick off after a short time, but even if the truck has been turned off, parked all day, and then re-entered, the heaters will be active again.

Yesterday in the afternoon, driving home I noticed both the driver and passenger heated seat indicators were on. I had to reach across and turn off the passenger one as well as mine. Today, same problem.

Has anybody had similar problems, or know what might be causing this to happen?

Thanks

I also dug this thread out of the archives, so no need to recap any of these points:
http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-248679.html

 

[jrford]

my guess is a bad switch. There is a tiny metal rocker which may have come lose.
In early '03 they had a module, later they dropped it for a simple switch.

 

[Geologist]

Any idea where this switch might be located?

 

[03explorerL]

Mine do not turn off by themselves. If i get out of the car with them on, when I get back in they are still on. And they do not turn off after a certain period of time either.

 

[Geologist]

OK, then does anyone know if this is something they changed for the '03 model year (like jrford mentioned), and if so, how can I make them function like my '02 did (some kind of module, or thermal switch I can install)?